Russia and China are the main threats in space for Sweden, the head of the Swedish special services Säpo Charlotte von Essen at the National Conference Nation and Defence.
Essen allocated Russia and China as countries with high ambitions in the field of research and conquest of space. “For Beijing and Moscow, space is important both from the military and from a civil point of view. They are very interested in obtaining knowledge of Swedish space research,” said the head.
Background Essen said that every year more and more countries are considering space as an opportunity for intelligence actions and as space for wars in the future. According to her, the conflict can begin with an attack on satellite navigation systems, which will be a serious problem for modern countries.
Head of the special services believes that this situation affects both the assessment of the incoming intelligence and the situation in the field of state security in Sweden. Therefore, it considers it necessary to consider space from a global point of view and improve space technologies. “Cooperation is necessary to create mutual understanding and sustainable development,” the background of Essen called.
December 28 last year, the head of Roskosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, in a conversation with The New York Times, said that Russia would not test antispot weapons.
In early December, the deputy head of the Russian Foreign Ministry Sergey Ryabkov said that Washington accuses Moscow in placing weapons in space. According to him, the test of the Russian antihospittle weapons, as a result of which the “Colen-D” apparatus was shot down using ground-based missile installation.